Adjustable stool for baby-carriages.



. L. M. PIERCE. ADJUSTABLE STOOL FO R BABY CARRIAGES.

v A APPLICATION FILED JAN- 29, 1916- 1,213,251. j

Patented Jan. 23,1917.

l/WEA/TOH JTTOHNEY WITNESS LILIJIKN M. PIERCE, 01? NEW YORK, 'N.

ermon ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO GEORGE L.

PIERCE, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE STOOL FOR BABY-CARRIAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

Application filed January 29, 1916. Serial No. 75,054.

My invention has for its object primarilyto provide a device, or stool designed to be applied to a baby carriage and like vehicle whereby the attendant to the infant may rest when the vehicle is ,at a standstill especially in the open air, and which is formed so as to be normally carried under the body of the vehicle when not in use as wellas being adjustable for being positioned alongside of the carriage for use independent of the-marriage proper.

The invention consi ts essentially of a seat.

mounted on an extensibly adjustable retainlng element for allowing the seat to be guided'to and from under the body of a baby carriage so as to be disposed alongside of the carriage when in use to accommodate a person and for permitting the seat .to be carr ed on the carriage obscuredfrom ordinary view when not in use.

Other objects of the invention are to provide the seat with foldablc legs whereby it will be supported when in use; to provide a locking. member for holding the legs against accidental collapsing; to provide on the retaining, element means whereby the element may be detachably fastened to the carriage as well as for supporting the stool when disposed under the body of the carriage; and to provide a foldable back on the 'seat.

v A further object of the invention is to provide an adjustable stool for baby carriages of a simple and eliicientform which may be made in various shapes and sizes so as to-be very durable.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with'reference to the accompanyingdrawing which forms a part of this specification, in which similar characters -of' reference indicate corresponding parts In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of the adjustable stool embodylng my invention, showing the manner of its use in conjunction with a baby carriage. Fig. 2 is a detail view, partly in section, taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, partly in detail, taken on the line III- II of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the stool proper of the device.

The adjustable stool has a seat 10 which may be in the form of aboard, or plate of any suitable material, though the seat is preferably made with a substantially square, or rectangular frame of metal to provide side bars 11, 12, afront bar 13, and a rear bar 14. To the side bar 11 of the frame of the seat 10 are pivoted, at 16 and'17, the upper ends of two rods which are connected together in the form of an X to provide a leg, or standard 18 adapted to be folded on the underside of the seat by being swung toward the other side bar of'the frame, and to the side bar 12 of the frame of the seat are pivoted, at 19 and 20, the upper ends of two rods also connected together in the form of an X to provide a second leg, or standard 21 adapted to be swung in an opposite direction toward the underside of the seat in overlapping positions on the leg 18.

In order to prevent the legs 18 and 21 from accidentally collapsing when the stool is in use, a locking element, as 22, is provided. WVhile the locking element 22 may be of any suitable type, I prefer to make this element in the form of a rod having one of its ends pivoted, at 2 2, centrally of the leg 21, and on the other end of the rod is a hook 23 for releasably engaging an eye 24 projecting from the central part of the leg 18.

The stool may be provided with a back 25 preferably formed of a substantially square, or rectangular metal frame 26 the lower edge of which is hinged, at 27 and 28, to the ,rear bar 14 of the frame of the seat 10 so that the back may be swung on top of the seat when the device is not in use, and on the top of the frame of the seat as well as on the frame of the back may be a covering of canvas, as 29, or other flexible material, 'though' instead of a canvas covering the frames of the seat'and back may be covered with boards, metal sheets, leather, or the like, as occasion requires.

To allow the stool to be guided to and from under the body of a baby carriage, as 31, I provide a retaining element, as 32. The retaining element 32 may be of any suitable form so as to be extensibly adjustable, but this element is preferably made of a number of bars arranged and pivoted together in the fashion of a well known lazy ment, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

Serving as means to permit the retaining element 32 and also the stool to be detachably fastened to a baby carriageas well as to permit the stool when notin use to be carried under the body of the carriage for being obscured from ordinary view, a support, or bracket, as 35, is provided. The support 35 is composed of two parallel spaced bars 36 and 37, the central parts of which are connected by a transverse bar 38. Projecting downwardly from both ends of each of the bars 36 and 37 are two hook-shaped catches, or substantially U-shaped sleeves, as 39 and 39 which are spaced apart suilicient distance to allow the sleeves to be removably guided over the axles, as to and 41, of the vehicle, and these sleeves are held to the axles preferably by bolts if! one of which is removably passed through two registered openings provided in opposite parts of the open ends of the sleeves to clamp the axles therein. Extending upwardly from the ends of the bars 36 and 37 may be a number of short posts, or blocks it and on the tops of these posts is a plate 45, the posts being of lengths so that this plate will rest on the transverse bar 38, and to this plate as well as to the transverse bar is pivoted the second endof the extensible retaining element 3:? so that the stool when not in use nliay be carried under the body of the vehic e.

To apply the device to av baby carriage for use, the bolts 42 are removed from all of the sleeves 39 and 39 of the bars 36 and 37, and the sleeves are guided so as to embrace the axles of the carriage, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The bolts 42 are reinserted in the apertures of the sleeves, after which the bolts may be tightened by nuts screwed on their threaded ends. The bars 36 and 87 together with the plate 45 will thereby be disposed above the axles and under the body of the carriage, and the retaining element 32 with the foldable stool will be disposed be tween the bars 36 and 37 and the plate l5. lVhen the attendant of the carriage desires to sit down, the stool is guided from under the body of the carriage to a position aiongside thereof, the retaining element being extended accordingly. The stool is then swung from the top of the retaining element so that the legs 18 and 21 of the stool maybe moved to unfolded positions from under the seat 10, and the back 25 may be swung upwardly from the Seat. l'he legs 18 and 21 of the stool are afterward locked against collapsing by directing the locking element 22 so that its hooked end 23 will engage the eye 24:, and the stool may be occupied by the attendant. By reversely operating these parts, as hereinbefore explained, the stool may be folded together, and swung to a position over the extensible retaining element 32, after which the stool and the retaining element are guided under the body of the carriage so as to lie on the plate 45 to allow the device to be carried by the carriage as well as being ordinarily hidden from view. In this manner a simple, eflicient and useful device is provided for use in conjunction with a baby carriage whereby the attendant of an infant may rest when the carriage is at a standstill as well as permitting a close watch on the infant to be exercised, and while in the drawing the device is shown as being adjustably used in front of the carriage it may be otherwise employed so as to be adjusted inwardly and outwardly from under the body to either side or to the rear of the carriage as occasion requires.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of my invention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore I reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An adjustable stool for baby carriages,- comprising a seat. two connected spaced bars adapted to be detachably fastened to the axles of a baby carriage under its body, an extensibly adjustable retaining element pivoted to the seat so that the seat may be swun on the element, and said element being pivoted to the bars for allowing the seat to be guided to and from under the body of the carriage so as to be disposed alongside the carriage for use as well as being carried on the bars when not in use, foldable legs for supporting the seat when in use, and a locking element for preventing the legs from accidental collapsing.

2. The combination with the baby carriage, of a foldable stool, and an extensibly adjustable retaining element pivoted to the stool, and fastened to the carriage for allowing the stool to be disposed under the 10 body of the carriage when not in use and to be guided to a position along side of the carriage for occupancy.

3. The combination with the body of a baby carriage, of a support removably fas- 16 tened to the carriage above the axles, a foldable stool and an e'xtensibly adjustable retaining element in the form of a lazy tong, the said element having one end pivoted to the support and having its other end pivoted to the stool for allowing the stool to be adjustably disposed under the body of the carriage on the support when not in use and to be guided to a position alongside of the carriage for occupancy.

This specification signed and witnessed this 28" day of January, A. D. 1916.

. LILLIAN M. PIERCE.

WVitnesses:

GEORGE L. PIERCE, JOHN F. PHELAN.

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